Judith Gautier, ca. 1885

  • John Singer Sargent, American, 1856-1925

Oil on panel

  • Unframed: 39 × 24 1/2 inches (99.1 × 62.2 cm)
  • 46 1/4 × 32 5/16 × 3 5/8 inches (117.5 × 82.1 × 9.2 cm)

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Kanzler

54.100

On View

  • Modern, Level 2, Central

Department

American Art before 1950

John Singer Sargent

until 1918, Mme. Judith Gautier

until 1934, bequeathed Suzanne Meyer-Zundel

January 18, 1934, sale,Tableaux Modernes Appartenant a divers amateurs. . .Oeuvres de John-Singer Sargent, lot 122, Hotel Drouot (Paris, France) [as Judith Gautier chez elle]

1934, Schoeller, Scott & Fowles (New York, New York, USA)

1934, Julius H. Weitzer and E. J. Rousuck (New York, New York, USA). Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Kanzler

1954-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

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John Singer Sargent, Judith Gautier, ca. 1885, oil on panel. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Kanzler, 54.100.